I thought if I titled this post friday finds: kitchen ants and head lice you just might run away. I don’t blame you. I want to run away. For eleven years we’ve remained fairly insect-free in our house except for the silverfish – an insect I never encountered until I moved to the Midwest. As…
Author: thirdstoryies
looking for the silver lining
In a week month season year when luck doesn’t seem to be shining on us too often, sometimes it’s hard to see the little triumphs amidst all the general pain-in-the-neck stuff. Triumph – Sunday afternoon nap time. One happy toddler “Dank-ew Dada, fixit my bid-durl room!” she yelled without prompting, and ran to give one…
on the field
It’s that time of the year again. E had two games this past weekend – during the first one on Saturday morning we baked in the sun. The second one was a bit cooler. As a friend pointed out to me on the phone the other night, soon enough we’ll be griping about sitting out…